Written by

ROBERT MOORE
RobertMoore@coloradoan.com

LOVELAND - Betsy Markey and Cory Gardner, meeting in what's likely to be their only full-fledged debate of the 4th Congressional District campaign, traded sharp attacks Tuesday night.

Gardner opened the volleying by criticizing Markey's campaign commercial in which she says she voted against the financial bailout. Markey responded by criticizing a bill Gardner introduced in the Colorado Legislature this year that would have created a property right for wind - which she said would create a new tax on wind, a point the challenger emphatically denied.